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Shirl Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Shirl?

Mostly unused in the United States, less than 5 babies were bestowed the name in 2018.

This once, top 1000 name, Shirl is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #715 in 1964 with 210 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Shirl in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 2018.

Shirl, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1947-1952, 1953-1957, and 1959-1964, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1964-1968.

Sometimes the name Shirl has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Shirl's popularity has remained mostly unchanged for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Shirl has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Shirl?

Shirl's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Shirl is mostly unused and will probably continue to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Shirl has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Shirl (Girl)Shirl (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- < 5 --
2017 < 5 -- < 5 --
2016 < 5 -- < 5 --
2015 < 5 -- < 5 --
2014 < 5 -- < 5 --
2013 < 5 -- < 5 --
2012 < 5 -- < 5 --
2011 < 5 -- < 5 --
2010 < 5 -- < 5 --
2009 < 5 -- < 5 --
2008 < 5 -- < 5 --
2007 < 5 -- < 5 --
2006 < 5 -- < 5 --
2005 < 5 -- < 5 --
2004 < 5 -- < 5 --
2003 < 5 -- < 5 --
2002 < 5 -- < 5 --
2001 < 5 -- < 5 --
2000 < 5 -- < 5 --
1999 < 5 -- < 5 --
1998 < 5 -- < 5 --
1997 < 5 -- < 5 --
1996 < 5 -- < 5 --
1995 < 5 -- < 5 --
1994 < 5 -- < 5 --
1993 < 5 -- < 5 --
1992 < 5 -- < 5 --
1991 < 5 -- < 5 --
1990 < 5 -- < 5 --
1989 < 5 -- < 5 --
1988 < 5 -- < 5 --
1987 < 5 -- < 5 --
1986 < 5 -- < 5 --
1985 < 5 -- < 5 --
1984 < 5 -- < 5 --
1983 5 11,777 < 5 --
1982 5 12,024 < 5 --
1981 5 11,893 < 5 --
1980 8 8,055 < 5 --
1979 8 7,932 < 5 --
1978 < 5 -- < 5 --
1977 6 9,455 < 5 --
1976 6 9,058 < 5 --
1975 16 4,102 < 5 --
1974 7 7,550 < 5 --
1973 17 3,768 < 5 --
1972 25 2,816 < 5 --
1971 20 3,347 < 5 --
1970 19 3,418 < 5 --
1969 37 2,096 < 5 --
1968 29 2,283 < 5 --
1967 49 1,637 < 5 --
1966 60 1,429 5 4,443
1965 91 1,108 < 5 --
1964 210 715 6 3,966
1963 152 851 < 5 --
1962 72 1,312 < 5 --
1961 50 1,607 < 5 --
1960 46 1,670 7 3,614
1959 43 1,694 9 3,013
1958 42 1,673 9 3,001
1957 38 1,777 < 5 --
1956 24 2,314 7 3,499
1955 21 2,463 6 3,834
1954 29 1,981 6 3,761
1953 20 2,421 < 5 --
1952 33 1,741 10 2,655
1951 14 2,915 8 3,039
1950 24 1,998 7 3,281
1949 12 3,154 14 2,111
1948 14 2,817 11 2,429
1947 13 3,050 13 2,236
1946 14 2,722 10 2,518
1945 8 3,642 6 3,284
1944 9 3,347 10 2,454
1943 < 5 -- 16 1,895
1942 < 5 -- 16 1,851
1941 5 4,996 14 1,985
1940 < 5 -- 11 2,303
1939 < 5 -- 18 1,626
1938 < 5 -- 22 1,471
1937 5 4,840 14 1,979
1936 < 5 -- 11 2,284
1935 5 4,811 15 1,908
1934 7 3,756 10 2,542
1933 < 5 -- 13 2,082
1932 < 5 -- 7 3,328
1931 < 5 -- 10 2,625
1930 < 5 -- 7 3,546
1929 < 5 -- 8 3,219
1928 < 5 -- 8 3,321
1927 < 5 -- 8 3,410
1926 < 5 -- 9 3,110
1925 < 5 -- 11 2,726
1924 < 5 -- 8 3,462
1923 < 5 -- 10 2,914
1922 < 5 -- 9 3,214
1921 < 5 -- 7 3,816
1920 < 5 -- 9 3,178
1919 < 5 -- 8 3,348
1918 < 5 -- 7 3,666
1917 < 5 -- 7 3,501
1916 < 5 -- < 5 --
1915 < 5 -- 11 2,434
1914 < 5 -- < 5 --
1913 < 5 -- < 5 --
1912 < 5 -- < 5 --
1911 < 5 -- < 5 --
1910 < 5 -- < 5 --
1909 < 5 -- < 5 --
1908 < 5 -- < 5 --
1907 < 5 -- < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
1905 < 5 -- < 5 --
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 < 5 -- < 5 --
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
1895 < 5 -- < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.